Northern San Juan • Entered by Robyn Cascade on July 7, 2021
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice -2nd quarter
April 1, 2021 – June 30, 2021
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 0 |
| Post Admin hours | 0 |
| Activity Hours | 80 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 80 |
Key Issue: Multiple apply
Activity Type: Relationship Building with non-white and/or frontline communities (relational meetings, attending events, community support, etc.)
Key Partners: GMUG coalition; Ute Indian Museum/Friends of the Ute Museum; Ute Mountain Ute, Southern Ute & Northern Ute (aka Ute Indian Tribe of Uintah and Ouray Reservation) current and past Tribal leaders; Hispanic Affairs Project; White Awake, GPLI, various professional archeologists/Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc./Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists; former San Miguel County Commissioners
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Advocacy actions (4 emails)
Short Description of Activity
This activity reports reflects three months of outreach to various organizations, Tribal leaders and staff, archeologists, and individuals who might guide NSJBB in our JEDI efforts. These hours encompass meetings, phone calls, trainings/webinars, attendance at events, and self-education
Reflection/Evaluation
Things are moving slowly but steadily. The event we had planned with Hispanic Affairs Project was cancelled due to limited enrollment, but we’ll try again. Contact with Tribes is progressing with care and patience. Trainings/webinars of all sorts have been extremely informative and opportunities to network with others engaged in DEI efforts including White Awake courses, health conference with Northern Utes, conversations with former and current elected officials committed to engagement with Tribes. Conversations with two archeologists in particular have yielded lots of information related to federal land management processes, Tribal consultation and potential landscapes of special significance to Tribes (per the GMUG forest plan revision as well as contacts. Perhaps most encouraging were the beginning of relationship building with two Southern Ute councilwomen (following Robyn’s participation in the Ute Museum Celebration in May) who then attended the totem event in Durango and with a councilman and chairman of Ute Mountain Ute (thanks to Regina’s introduction.) The latter allowed me to share the GMUG Community Conservation Proposal with Ute Mtn Ute leaders and NSJBB in collaboration with national office is drafting a letter of support re: tribal sovereignty for Chairman Heart that hopefully will be shared and utilized by all three Ute (Nuche) Tribes.